Glossary and Abbreviations
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Term
Explanation
To short
Forcing the electric potential differences between two or more conductive
parts to be equal to or close to zero (infinite current flows in a short circuit).
To trip
Opening the circuit (no current flows in open circuit).
SFL
Sheath fault location
ST
Sheath test
TD
Tan delta
TDTS
Tan delta time stability (TD temporal stability)
DTD
Differential Tan Delta
VLF
Very low frequency
• typically between 0.01-0.1 Hz